Shares set for steady start
Australian shares are set for a steady start, though commodity companies such as Newcrest Mining and Woodside Petroleum may gain on rising gold and oil prices.
Shares rise on resources (Reuters)
Reuters - Asian shares rose on Monday, with resources companies benefiting from stronger metals and oil prices, while the dollar rose, shrugging off worse-than-expected U.S. job losses.
Tripling Aussie LNG output 'unlikely'
Woodside Petroleum chief executive Don Voelte says the goal of tripling liquefied natural gas production in Australia by 2025 is unattainable.
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Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange today.
Santos: gas from Reindeer by end 2010
Santos Ltd says a final investment decision has been made for its Reindeer project, with first gas targeted for the end of 2010.
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Santos, Apache approve $800m gas project
Santos Ltd and US-based Apache Corp have approved the $800 million development of the Reindeer gas project off the West Australian coast.
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Commodity firms gain
Small rise for Australian shares rise, after a recovery in oil and metal prices buoys commodity firms.
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Clough wins $200m Pluto contract
Clough Group has been awarded a contract to construct a jetty berth for Woodside Petroleum's Pluto liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia.
Woodside glitch to trim oil output
Woodside Petroleum, Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer, said on Tuesday operator BHP Billiton had found problems with the hull at the Neptune oil and gas project in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Stocks of interest on the Australian Stock Exchange today.
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Stocks of interest on the Australian Stock Exchange today.
02/27/08
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Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon.
02/21/08
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Woodside to spend $5b on projects...
WOODSIDE Petroleum plans to spend $5 billion this year to help boost production.
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Santos CEO John Ellice-Flint steps down
Oil and gas explorer Santos Ltd says the resignation of its chief executive has been thought out and planned to coincide with the company's next growth phase.
Oil Search to divest Middle East assets
Oil Search plans to sell a number of its Middle Eastern assets as it focuses on the development of its Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project.
Woodside year profit falls 27.8%
Woodside Petroleum Ltd has reported a 27.8 per cent fall in full year profit and says it is targeting a rise in production for this year of up to 22 per cent.
Australia's Woodside buys Shell oil...
Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd. said Monday it has agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell PLC's oil assets in Australia's North West Shelf for US$398.5 million (€274.6 million).
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ASX slightly higher at noon
The Australian share market was slightly higher at noon led by the resources sector.
Resources drive Aussie stocks higher
The Australian share market closed firmly in the black after a stronger prices drove resources sector higher, helping to ovecome a negative Wall Street lead.
Companies turn to bank loans as bonds...
Australian companies are looking elsewhere for cash as the corporate bond market dries up.